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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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